3 Replies Latest reply: May 17, 2014 4:36 AM by John Ellenberger RSS

    Basics of multiple tracks

    John Ellenberger Community Member

      I admit that I am not that familiar with Audition so I apologize for my level of knowledge in advance.

       

      I recorded a video of a speaker in a small room using a nice Panasonic HD camcorder that has a surround mic arrangement built-in.  During the talk the speaker was directly across from the camera but major mowing noise was happening outside with the windows open.  I exported the audio to Audition from Premiere and I see 6 tracks marked  L-R-C-LFE-Ls-Rs.  Before diving into noise reduction I thought I would try to toggle channels (i.e. maybe just center for example). 

       

      Even  though I see waveforms displayed on all six channels only L and R seem to contribute to the sound on the speakers when I play with the toggle buttons on the right side.  The other channels have non-zero displays but toggling them on and off has no effect on the audible sound.

       

      Am I missing some additional mixer somewhere?  Are these other channels just an illusion?

        • 1. Re: Basics of multiple tracks
          John Ellenberger Community Member

          To validate my original assumption(s) I selected only the center channel, returned to Premiere and rendered results which are much improved over the general L/R channels that are audible in the Audition preview.

           

          The issue still is that I don't hear it in the Audition preview when I hit play.  The level at the bottom is bouncing around but nothing comes out of the speaker.  There must be some thing I need to check to add a track to the speaker output??

          • 2. Re: Basics of multiple tracks
            _durin_ Employee Hosts

            Hi John,

             

            Do you have a 5.1 audio device and speaker configuration?  If so, you might need to setup the proper outputs under Preferences > Audio Channel Mapping.

            Screen Shot 2014-05-16 at 11.22.50 AM.png

             

            If not, but you'd still like to hear the other channels, there are a few options.  You can go to the Preferences > Audio Channel Mapping dialog and map the C, LFE, Ls, and Rs outputs to your default stereo output, or insert the effect Amplitude and Compression > Channel Mixer to the Effects Rack and choose the "Downmix to 2.0 (Stereo)" preset which will route and mix all surround channels to the L/R outputs.

            Screen Shot 2014-05-16 at 11.22.03 AM.png

            • 3. Re: Basics of multiple tracks
              John Ellenberger Community Member

              Thanks exactly what I needed.